Name: Bloomfield Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-07-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent auction sale for comparison. Several load lots of reputation yearling cattle sold today. Demand was good and included active internet bidding. Supply was moderate and was largely comprised of eight- and nine-weight steers and six-weight heifers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb steers averaged $341.67/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −98.64 against this barn's trailing median of $440.30.

Average price

$341.67

18 head · 658 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,247

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+0.02

vs IA average

−12.27 vs national

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	658	341.67	2,247	18thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 600–700 lb

14 sales

Steers 600–700 lb: high $459.85, low $414.41, median $440.30 across 14 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale18 hd

341.67

—

IA average2 barns · 37 hd

341.64

+0.02

National average148 barns · 8,354 hd

353.94

−12.27

This barn, trailing median14 sales

440.30

−98.64

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

23 lots · USDA AMS · Bloomfield Livestock Feeder Cattle - Bloomfield, IA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,628	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	1,832	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,679	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	328.50/cwt	328.50–328.50	2,086	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	394.78/cwt	392.00–401.00	1,887	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	306.50/cwt	306.50–306.50	2,348	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	675	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,261	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	890	299.57/cwt	298.00–299.75	2,666	28
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	450–500	470	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,774	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	916	310.80/cwt	308.85–312.75	2,847	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,927	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	643	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,000	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	746	315.29/cwt	315.00–317.00	2,352	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	428.64/cwt	427.50–431.00	2,113	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,474	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	330.13/cwt	330.00–330.25	2,278	137
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	649	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,239	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	322.92/cwt	313.75–328.75	2,654	246
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	755	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,907	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,793	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	831	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,953	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	867	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,428	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	403	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	1,584	5

How this sale compares

Iowa weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Iowa auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	465	350.00	350.00
8	500–550	519	353.00	353.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	436	385.00	385.00
16	450–500	478	392.00–401.00	394.78
51	500–550	518	372.00	372.00
6	600–650	635	328.50	328.50
137	650–700	690	330.00–330.25	330.13
55	700–750	746	315.00–317.00	315.29
20	750–800	766	306.50	306.50
28	850–900	867	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	403	393.00	393.00
6	600–650	643	311.00	311.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	478	375.00	375.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	675	335.00	335.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	493	427.50–431.00	428.64
12	600–650	649	345.00	345.00
5	750–800	773	320.00	320.00
246	800–850	822	313.75–328.75	322.92
28	850–900	890	298.00–299.75	299.57
121	900–950	916	308.85–312.75	310.80
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	470	377.50	377.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	750–800	755	385.00	385.00
3	800–850	831	235.00	235.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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